§ Mr. MILDMAYasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is able to say 1166 what is the nature of the legal proceedings which stand in the way of work being commenced upon the low-water landing slip which the Admiralty propose to provide for the inhabitants of Turnchapel, Plymouth?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe necessary legal proceedings are the completion of the agreement between the Admiralty and the parish council which the district council have stipulated shall be entered into before they will give their consent to the proposal. The procedure laid down by sections 84-91 of the Highways Act of 1835 has also to be complied with to obtain the order of the justices of quarter sessions to the stopping up of the old right-of-way.
§ Mr. MILDMAYI would ask whether the right hon. Gentleman is able to say if the legal proceedings will take much longer, and also whether the procedure under sections 84–91 of the Highways Act of 1835 might not have been taken a long time since so that the matter would not have been needlessly delayed.
§ Mr. McKENNAI will inquire into these points, but I am not aware personally.